Here's the list of creative writing teaching techniques generated during my "There are Methods to this Madness" workshops at various Rotation conferences.
- Poetry: Cinquain poetry, Haiku, Bio poems, poems about feelings.
- Write your own psalm or songs, Hymns, Lyrics for a familiar tune.
- Re-write the Lord's Prayer.
- Letters: Friendly letters -- community, Parent letters, Write a letter to your adult self.
- Write Bible story from perspective of one of the characters, Write from the perspective of an inanimate object.
- Class makes up a story with each kid adding a line.
- Write drama, Scripting.
- Newspapers ..."eye witness reports"
- Letters to God
- Journals
- Meditation booklet
- Prayers
- Litanies
- Storyboarding
- Cartooning
- Biographies (students or creating one for a character in the story)
- Sequential stories
- Banners
- Posters
- Limericks
- Follow along story or poem
- Story starters
- First person, I was there...
- Instruction manual "The Samaritans Guide to Helping Others"
- Interview
- Affirmations
- Best sellers
- Dialogue
- Essays "Why I would have done..."
- Writing in different environments
- Monologue (written then delivered)
- Open-ended
- Short story
- Television scripts
- Creating BOOK COVERS with include eye-catching title, title art, name of author, author bio, "reviews," synopsis
